An Indianapolis woman says someone brutally killed her dog."She was like my daughter. I've had the dog for 10 years," said Lorrie Snowden.According to WRTV, Snowden returned home from the store on Wednesday afternoon to find her cockapoo Petta stabbed multiple times, lying outside her door."While I was gone, somebody broke into my house and attacked my dog, and then took my dog and attacked her somewhere else," said Snowden.Petta had made her way back home after being stabbed 15 times. Police found a screwdriver covered in blood near the home. "She had to crawl back and let her owner know something was wrong," said Snowden.The dog was rushed to an emergency vet clinic, where she died from her injuries. "They had to put her down. They couldn't save her," said Snowden. "I don't know. I don't know. I really don't know. I don't know somebody could do something like that to an animal.""If they can do that to a dog that can't defend themselves, can you imagine what that person could do to somebody out here -- a human being?" said Natasha Perkins, Snowden's niece.Police said they have information on a possible suspect, but no arrests have been made.

INDIANAPOLIS —

An Indianapolis woman says someone brutally killed her dog.

"She was like my daughter. I've had the dog for 10 years," said Lorrie Snowden.

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According to WRTV, Snowden returned home from the store on Wednesday afternoon to find her cockapoo Petta stabbed multiple times, lying outside her door.

"While I was gone, somebody broke into my house and attacked my dog, and then took my dog and attacked her somewhere else," said Snowden.

Petta had made her way back home after being stabbed 15 times. Police found a screwdriver covered in blood near the home.

"She had to crawl back and let her owner know something was wrong," said Snowden.

The dog was rushed to an emergency vet clinic, where she died from her injuries.

"They had to put her down. They couldn't save her," said Snowden. "I don't know. I don't know. I really don't know. I don't know somebody could do something like that to an animal."

"If they can do that to a dog that can't defend themselves, can you imagine what that person could do to somebody out here -- a human being?" said Natasha Perkins, Snowden's niece.

Police said they have information on a possible suspect, but no arrests have been made.